My group that I manage is using iphone 8s. We have 40, just added 4 last week. They’re good enough and aren’t stupid expensive..
I’m posting this from my five year old and perfectly fine Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
Why replace it just because a new model came out? If it still does the job then keep using it.
Heck, I’m still trying to learn how to be proficient with my 4 year old one. Its harder and harder to keep abreast of the new tech.
I just replaced my 3 year old iphone 6+ with an 8+ the battery on the 6+ was failing, and the charging socket was broken requiring a rubber band to hold the lightning connector in at the proper angle which was getting harder and harder to find.
“In this moment of increasing environmental awareness”
Why do they always have to virtue signal in describing all of their decisions? Why can’t the reason be the upgrade just isn’t worth it?
Save the money or spend it on something else.
I still have an iPhone 4 I bought for $1
I just replaced my perfectly-functional iPhone 5c with my wife’s old iPhone 8 (she got a new XR).
The ONLY reason why I retired the 5c is because Apple stopped updating the iOS and newer apps that I needed for work wouldn’t run on iOS 10.
I still even had decent battery life after owning the phone for almost 5 years.
My iPhone 6 serves me just fine. I can see My grown kids however looking enviously at the new 11. Whatever works for you.
I don’t consider upgrading a perfectly good phone (or other electronic device) unethical; just stupid if the old one works just fine. That’s why they add bells and whistles to the new models, so that people think they “need” them. I like my iPhone 6S just fine. I wish I had that 2-lens camera so I could take those portraits with the out of focus background; but I don’t need it.
I use whatever my employer gives me, because at heart I am a desktop workstation kind of guy. That said, for those who conduct business on their phones, spending a thousand dollars a year on something that influences their quality of business/work may be a wise decision.
I would still have a flip phone that actually fit in my pocket if it hadn’t been for the wife moving to the newest Samsung Galaxy smart phone. Of course she gets free upgrades every two or so years.
If you want to buy a new phone, even if you have a perfectly good one, that’s up to you.
Your money, your choice. Ethics have nothing to do with it.
Until he passed in 2018, a buddy was using an original iPhone. He refused to upgrade it even once. It seemed to work fine for his use.
these people building Beowulf Clusters with Pi hobby computers could round up old iphones and go for something with lots more power.
The only conclusion for a decent person, government should make these decisions for us, pocket the squandered money and spend it on things liberals like.
Same tune, new melody, we are now alluding to environmentalism as a shoehorn to ultimately restrict consumption of these goods. The no growthers will search out the smallest pocket of your life and, like Packard and Galbreath, save us from ourselves. Not even your iPhone is safe.
One of our female in laws drives a 16 year old car, and her husband has to throw away her old worn out shoes and jeans.
Yet, she orders every new Apple Device known, when they come out. Then, she denies that she is an Apple cult member.
She also passed on a $300 offer last Thanksgiving from us, if she didn’t use her phone or any Apple thing from the Dinner to the next morning to check face book, texts/emails and whatever. We had a chair full of smart phones, pads and portable computers to show her we could do it.
I go back to the early days of the PC revolution. Back then, the machine you wanted always cost about $3000 (in 1980s dollars!), and you really needed to upgrade about every 3 years.
Today you can get an awesome PC for $2000 that will last 4-5 years.
I figure a $1k smartphone that I make last 4 years is pretty cheap.
Mine is fine, except for a small crack in the screen that doesn't affect it's effectiveness.
But we've been told that Apple will drop i Phone 5s from their technical support and eventually we will have to buy upgraded ones.
We'll buy them refurbished and not brand new. They cost too much.
My car is six years old.I expect to drive it for many more years.
My Harley is 27 years old. It is now officially an “Antique”. I expect to ride it until I die, preferably in that order.
My flip phone is always charged and ready for emergency call with speed dial to AAA. I can text on it too. What more do I need?
But here’s the kicker:
I post a thread on FR every day, using HTML, with colors, fonts, graphics, and format, with a ten-year old desktop Apple Computer with an OS10.6 operating system. I can watch videos, send and receive email, pay my bills online, browse the Internet, and make my own graphics. Why should I upgrade?
If it works, don’t try and fix it.
My Avuncular Luddite Lifestyle is no less productive than someone’s who has all the latest gadgets, and I am not filling up landfills with electronic scrap.
Oh...and my Harley takes $10.00 to fill the tank with Premium and I’m good to go 160 miles.
LOL!!!!
I’ve always had iPhones, my other stuff is Apple and has been since the 80’s. But, I don’t buy the latest, greatest thing I wait until it’s discounted so I’m always somewhere from a bit behind to way behind the curve. I use my iPhone until it stops working, then get the newest model that is reasonably priced through my cell phone provider. “Ethics” have nothing to do with it, practicality does. If I wanted to go out and blow money on a brand new iPhone every time a new model comes out, that is my prerogative and I resent some high muckety-muck attempting to dictate that.